In a news story posted this afternoon, Politico highlights a Public Policy Polling survey that reveals “Iowa is Hillary’s to lose” (!). Iowa, as in the 2016 caucuses, and Hillary meaning failed presidential 2008 candidate Hillary Clinton, who has publicly denied interest in re-seeking the presidency. “Clinton tops Vice President Joe Biden 60-18, with no one else even approaching 5 percent.” On the Republican side, Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum, the latter of whom just lost the 2012 primary, are in the lead. A mid-May P.P.P. poll also had old Huck and Rick tied for first.

But tell us the bottom line, Politico. “So the bottom line, for whatever it’s worth, is that absent a Clinton candidacy you’ve got a wide-open race on both sides.”